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Principles of Health Care Reform: #2

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:46:47 EST

As an organizer for SEIU's Change that Works Campaign, I am working on building a network of community members who will engage Grand Forks in a conversation about Health Care Reform. I'm interested in hearing your take on one of the principles essential to successful Health Care Reform:

#2: Health Care for All Americans

The message is simple: For our medical security, an investment in providing Health Care for All Americans is wise and an essential component of health care reform. We can avoid paying the medical bills for catastrophic visits to the emergency by un-insured if we provide access to immediate preventative or early intervention through regular access to affordable health care. This is the economic and epidemiological argument for Health Care for All Americans. Some prefer the moral imperative.

Why do you think all Americans should be covered by Health Insurance?

Or do you disagree that we will all be better off, if all Americans have access to health care? I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Aaron Quaday

Grand Forks Organizer -- Change that Works

aquadaynodak0470@gmail.com

Principles of Health Care Reform: #1

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:07:51 EST

As an organizer for SEIU's Change that Works Campaign, I am working on building a network of community members who will engage in the Health Care Reform conversation here in Grand Forks.

I'm interested in hearing your take on one of the principles essential to successful Health Care Reform

#1: Ensuring Patient Choice of providers.

Do you have a story about your experiencs during a change in HMO or Health Insurer? Do you understand what needs to happen to ensure that there are no gaps in coverage or access to doctors?

I personally have attained health coverage through three different insurance companies over the past five years. Fortunately, I haven't felt like I needed to go to a doctor during the times that I was uninsured, with one exception. (A dog bite forced me into the ER when I lacked health insurance.) I'm not sure how I would have got through that situation had the dog's owner not had homeowner's insurance to pay for my lost wages and my hospital bills. I suggest you avoid breaking up fights between dogs, in general, although I was worried that my dog was going to seriously harm the other dog (who bit me while I was pulling my dog off him.) For those of you who are wondering: my dog was on leash, the other dog had dug under a fence and escaped its yard.

Since I haven't had a regular doctor for so long, I really don't know what it would be like to have a family doctor forever and then need to find a new doctor because of a change in HMO policy. What kind of complications arise? I'm interested to hear from you if you've ever found yourself in those circumstances.

Regards,

Aaron Quaday

Grand Forks Organizer -- Change that Works

aquadaynodak0470@gmail.com

The Need for Change in Health Care

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:48:53 EST

My fellow North Dakotans,

I've completed my training to be an organizer for the Change that Works Campaign and am starting my new job on Monday. I will be working to promote an agenda for a Uniquely American Solution to the Health Care Crisis. In order that I may understand even more deeply how this system. I personally have been without health insurance for half of the past six years, and know how disconcerting that can be, but I want to hear about what other people are experiencing. If you would like to learn more about how you can get involved in making sure our delegation hears how important Health Care Reform is to you, please contact me.

Please write to me describing your experiences that are pertinent to our current health care crisis.

-Aaron